Hennegan v. Atlantic Coast Line R.

Tayeor, J.:

This action was brought by respondent under Lord Campbell’s Act, sections 411 and 412, Code of Laws of South Cárolina 1942, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Mannie Hennegan, against his employer, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and J. I. Ridge-way, the section master under whom he was working, it being alleged that Hennegan received injuries resulting from negligence of defendants in the derailment of a motor car near Wilson’s Mill, South Carolina, on May 8, 1946, which resulted in his death.

Appellants served notice of an oral demurrer to the complaint,…